Theresa May is expected to nominate a raft of new Conservative peers in a bid to boost her party's representation in the upper chamber before it considers the EU Withdrawal Bill.

Sources close to Mr Corbyn confirmed he would be "engaging with the process", but it is understood he will appoint only a small number of new peers.

According to Channel Four's Michael Crick, among those the Labour leader has nominated is Martha Osamor, mother of Shadow International Development Secretary Kate Osamor.

Among Corbyn's nominated new peers, I'm told, was the veteran Black Sections campaigner Martha Osamor (mother of Kate), whom Vaushall Labour party originally picked to fight the parliamentary by-election in 1989, but then Labour bigwigs replaced her with Kate Hoey https://t.co/2STYm15SKe

SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said: "So much for the 'straight-talking, honest politics' Jeremy Corbyn promised. Many of his supporters will be left feeling very disappointed - and not for the first time, after his fudge on Brexit.

"The House of Lords is completely archaic and has no place in a modern democracy. It's deeply unfortunate that Jeremy Corbyn isn't willing to stand by his principles."